Election Integrity Lawsuits and Government Land Control Challenge Colorado Citizens

On Wednesday, September 10, 2025, Kim Monson examines critical threats to citizen self-governance, from election integrity concerns in Colorado to government land grabs affecting communities across the state. Harry Haury of Unite for Freedom provides an update on the Colorado election lawsuit, while Mike Rawluk and Adrian Waller expose fast-tracked housing developments bypassing local control. Trent Loos, a sixth-generation Nebraska farmer, discusses federal land policy and agricultural trade.

State Land Swaps and Fast-Tracked Housing Threaten Local Communities

Start listening at 14:28 – Hour 1

Mike Rawluk exposes how the Colorado state government is using a “location and extent” process to fast-track an eight-story housing development on land obtained through a swap with Jefferson County Open Space. The development, originally promised as a renewable energy research campus to complement NREL, has been switched to high-density housing with up to 42 units per acre.

Adrian Waller, board president of Pleasant View Metro District, describes how his community of 2,200 homes in unincorporated Jefferson County was blindsided by the change. Over 100 residents attended a community meeting to oppose the project, with only one person speaking in favor. Waller warns that the state can override local planning commission objections through the location and extent process.

“So it’s a little dubious in my view to keep on saying everything’s a crisis, and so therefore we must circumvent normal processes and go for things in an expedited manner.”

Mike Rawluk, Citizen Watchdog

“When citizens feel like something doesn’t sound right, smell right, we need to stand up and get informed and then participate in all of these governmental proceedings to make sure that our voices are heard.”

Adrian Waller, Pleasant View Metro District Board President

Colorado Election Lawsuit Advances Toward Supreme Court

Start listening at 34:05 – Hour 1

Harry Haury, chairman and co-founder of Unite for Freedom, formerly known as United Sovereign Americans, provides an update on the federal lawsuit challenging Colorado’s compliance with election law. The cybersecurity expert, who helped write operational guidance for the Help America Vote Act, explains that the lawsuit has been amended and Unite for Freedom intends to take it all the way to the Supreme Court.

Haury details the results of the Jefferson County voter prevalence study funded by Kim Monson Show listeners. Using licensed investigators and commercially available databases, the study found significant issues with voter identity verification. Nearly 5% of voters could not be verified through standard identity checks, calling into question any election result with a margin of victory less than that percentage.

“But they aren’t allowed to give you a ballot unless they know who you are.”

Harry Haury, Chairman, Unite for Freedom

AI Data Centers Strain Water Resources and Federal Land Policy Threatens Farmers

Start listening at 73:34 – Hour 2

Trent Loos, a sixth-generation Nebraska farmer and rancher, raises alarms about AI data center water consumption and federal government land control. He reports that Cheyenne, Wyoming now has nine approved data centers that will consume one gigawatt of electricity continuously, equivalent to powering five times all homes in the state. Each AI center in Phoenix uses 177 million gallons of water daily.

Loos shares stories of farmers facing government overreach, including Clint Thomas in Jordan, Montana, whose family has owned land near Fort Peck for generations. After reaching out to his U.S. representative about Army Corps of Engineers interference, Thomas was hit with 3,300 violations in apparent retaliation. Loos argues that federal and state government land control poses a greater threat to American farmers than foreign purchases.

“I am much more concerned about what is happening with the federal government taking land than I am anything about China.”

Trent Loos, Sixth-Generation Farmer and Rancher